Delay:
de-la':The noun "delay" (Ac 25:17, "I made no delay"; the King James Version "without any delay") means "procrastination." The verb "to delay" (Ex 22:29; achar) involves the idea "to stop for a time," the people being admonished not to discontinue a custom. The Pil. perfect of bush (Ex 32:1), "Moses delayed to come," expresses not only the fact that he tarried, but also the disappointment on the part of the people, being under the impression that he possibly was put to shame and had failed in his mission, which also better explains the consequent action of the people. "To delay" (chronizo) is used transitively in Mt 24:48 (the Revised Version (British and American) "My lord tarrieth") and in Lu 12:45. The meaning here is "to prolong," "to defer."
Written by Arthur L. Breslich
A-1 | Verb | Strong's Number: g3635 | Greek: okneo |
Delay:
akin to oknos, "a shrinking, to be loath or slow to do a thing, to hesitate, delay," is used in Act 9:38. In the Sept. in Num 22:16, "do not delay;" Jdg 18:9.
A-2 | Verb | Strong's Number: g5549 | Greek: chronizo |
Delay:
from chronos, "time," lit. means "to while away time," i.e., by way of lingering, tarrying, "delaying;" "delayeth," Mat 24:48; Luk 12:45; "tarried," Mat 25:5; "tarried so long," Luk 1:21; "will (not) tarry," Hbr 10:37.
See TARRY.
B-1 | Noun | Strong's Number: g311 | Greek: anabole |
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